Brutally killed off any of my previous expectations!

Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2002)

I was thoroughly impressed after seeing this in the cinema. Danny Boyle has exceeded any possible limitation i could have set on how good a film like ''28 days later'' could be. One of favorite aspects in the film is the constant threat that something ''bad'' is going to happen all the time. As seen in his previous films Danny Boyle can build up tension in a film so well (eg. Robert Carlyle in Trainspotting.) and in 28 days he breaks every possible boundary on tension and had me and most other people in the audience pushing ourselves back into our seats expecting the worst to happen in most of the scenes. There were a few times when the tension was broke with a little humour, and everyone in the crowd laughed quietly together, that was very cool!!

The storyline i thought had alot of depth to it, leaving us with the thought it could really happen. The way the Virus is introduced and how the film ends helps makes it even more unique (Thanks to Alex Garland.), and therefore not just another Zombie type film.

I was very surprised at how Brutal and graphic the violence and gore was in this. It was purely no holds barred, and happened often in small doses. This was good as it seperated the more emotional scenes of the individual characters coping with the chaos they are in the midst of, and helped keep the film flowing smoothly. Cillian Murphy was brilliant as Jim and was superbly supported by Naomi Harris and Brendan Gleeson as Selena and Frank.

Overall i didn't once have a bad thing to say about the film as a whole. I have heard criticisms on the use of digital camera actually making the film look bad itself (Not that it looks bad at all). But this was purposefully chose to create the atmosphere of the film, and works will with the skilled directing. (The Streets of London scenes were awe inspiring.) The soundtrack was perfect varying into different modern styles of music rather than a full on orchestral film score or a full on rap or nu-metal theme.
This is one of my favorite films of the year and would encourage anyone to see it, don't let the ZOMBIE theme deter you!!